People · China
Ziyang Liu (刘子扬)
3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015LIUZ11
Ziyang Liu (刘子扬) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.41, set at Heze Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,259th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2015, he has put 184 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.47 in October 2015 to 9.41, a 30% improvement. Ziyang has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.41 | 10.13 | top 5.9% | 2,259 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.64 | 6.51 | top 11.0% | 1,310 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.97 | 3.44 | top 13.9% | 2,167 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 52.83 | 1:02.56 | top 28.2% | 2,937 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 7.49 | 10.44 | top 37.4% | 2,243 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 2:12.65 | 2:20.33 | top 56.9% | 2,278 / 2,816 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Aug 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at Linyi Open 2016.
- 7 Aug 2016Three personal bests in one day at Linyi Open 2016.
- 20 Mar 2016Three personal bests in one day at Qingdao Open 2016.
- 15 Nov 2015Five personal bests in one day at Zibo Open 2015.
- 2 Oct 2015First competition: China Championship 2015. A 13.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Heze Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Linyi Open 2016 · 7 Aug 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Qingdao Open 2016 · 20 Mar 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2015 · 15 Nov 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Haibo Sui (隋海波) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Zihan Zhang (张子涵) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Haobo Zhang (张浩博) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.